Faucet.



A. B. HONEY.

FAUCET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1916.

om DU 2 x n 4 A U U4 ITNESSES:

ALEXANDER B. RONEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FAUCE'I'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Application filed February 3, 1916. Serial No. 76,052.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER B. HONEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Faucets,of which the following is a specification.

The object is to avoid the disadvantages of that type of faucetscontaining valve parts adapted to seat with the pressure for such valveparts are not directly accessible for renewal especially in the basinpatterns, which have to be torn from their setting to get at the valve.Accordingly I have utilized the compression type of faucet for thispurpose by changing the barrelportion which in the standard type standsvertical with the diaphragm part set at a right angle to the plane ofthe spout, one quarter turn around so as to have the plane of thediaphragm in the same plane as the spout, then instead of only one sideof the diaphragm within the barrel being accessible by means of athreaded cap I make the pressure side also accessible by means of athreaded cap.

Another object is to effect a straight line seating of the valve to thepressure side of the diaphragm.

A third object is to give thevalve a strong stem support to resist thepressure.

A fourth object is to operate the faucet open and shut by means of apush and pull handle.

A fifth object is self-closing.

Figure 1, is a part section of Fig. 2, on line A. A. Fig. 2 is a partsection of Fig. 1, on the line B. B. I Fig. 3 is a view of the slottedend of the barrel part of the faucet casing.

The valve and operating parts are assembled to the casing Fig. 2, in thefollowing manner. The valve 1, provided with a vulcanized rubber gasketin the usual manner and with the head portion 2, and its stem part3, cutspiral, is first entered into the barrel part 4, from the pressure side5, with its lugs 6, 6, slidably meshed in the barrel 7 7, then thespiral portion 9, of spindle 8, is connected to said stem and the flangeportion 10, of said spindle part set in flush with the opposite side 11,of barrel 4, against a shoulder 12, therein and secured theretorevolubly by a threaded cap 13, which leaves the stem portion 14, of thespindle with its squared end 15, projecting out I through the cap part,then the other or pressure side 5, of the barrel is covered in bythreaded cap part 17, which has an inner hub part 24, supporting one endof the valve stem, and an outer hub part 18, that serves as a bearingfor one side 19, of the yoke handle 20, the side members of which 19,and 21, are sprung over the opposite sides of the barrel with one member21, fastened to the squared end 15 of the stem portion 14, of thespindle part 8, while the other member 19, is journaled to the hubportion 18, of the opposite cap 17. Now a swing of the handle 20, backand forth will rotate spindle 8,

which is cam connected to the stem portion of the valve and move it in astraight line on and off the diaphragm to open and close the faucet, andthe said handle will stay put forany flow of water, but when a coiledspring 25, is placed back of the valve its tension will overcome thefriction of the cam' of the stem projecting through one wall of thebarrel, and a yoke handle, one member of which is connected to the stemand the other member of whichis connected to said opposite wall of thebarrel.

ALEXANDER B. R ONEY. Witnesses: a

RICARO D. FRENCH, GEORGE F. KOPPIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

